Extract from Peter Dauvergne's Environmentalism of the Rich
"This 'environmentalism of the rich,'...is spreading by the day. It's policies, principles, & practices appear under various guises. Governments like to package them as sustainable development, reflecting what Steven Bernstein calls "the compromise of liberal environmentalism, where growth in production remains the top priority. Corporations like to call them corporate social responsibility (CSR) -- where 'sustainability' is defined as the 'eco-business' of pursuing environmental efficiencies and savings to enhance growth and profits, and not as a way of protecting the ecological integrity of life on earth. For NGO's environmentalism of the rich manifests as business partnerships, eco-product fundraising, and market solutions. For individuals it surfaces as a belief in the power of eco-consumerism and small lifestyle changes as forces of progressive change -- walking a recycling bin to the curbside, taking shorter showers, and buying eco-products -- even as overall consumption continues to rise."
Peter Dauvergne is Professor of International Relations at the University of British Columbia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Dauvergne
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